Chaetomorpha aerea

Chaetomorpha aerea is a species of green algae of the family Cladophoraceae.

Chaetomorpha aerea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Ulvophyceae
Order:	Cladophorales
Family:	Cladophoraceae
Genus:	Chaetomorpha
Species:	C. aerea
Binomial name
Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kütz., 1849

Chaetomorpha aerea and Chaetomorpha linum are considered conspecific by some authors,^[1] other authors do not accept this synonymy.^[2] The genus to which this species belongs is regarded as needing further taxonomic investigation.^[3]

Description

Cheatomorpha aerea is the attached form.^[2]

Distribution

This species is wide spread world wide. In New Zealand it is found in upper to mid-intertidal pool on the coast of the North and South Islands, Chatham Islands and Stewart Island.^[4]